Condenser-head



1;' tnsssrs UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo JOHN S. MCDANIEL, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES IVATSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONDENSER-HEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,285, dated June 21, 1881, v

Application filed April 15, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN S. MGDANIEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilmington, in the county of New Castle, State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinCondenser-HeadsforEx-haust- Steam Pipes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specication and accompanying drawings, in which- 1o Figure 1 is a top or plan view of the condenser-head embodying my invention. Fig.

2 is a central vertical section in line a' x. Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures. x5 My invention consists of a head for an exhaust-steam pipe formed of a shell provided with detlectors and openings adjacent thereto, whereby the water of condensation may be directed to a surrounding jacket, from whence 2o it may discharged or collected.

It also consists of a guard for preventing return of the Water to the exhaust-pipe.

It further consists of a guard for preventing the water in the jacket from splashing' by ebullition through the top of the head.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a hollow body or shell which is adapted to be attached to a pipe, B, for exhauststeam from any source, said shell being preferably of conical form, the widest portion being above.

Within the shell are secured opened and closed detlectors O C D D', which are arranged alternately one above the other, and in the wall ofthe shell are openings a, which are ad- 3 5 jacent to the place of connection of the open deflectors with the wall, said openings communicating with a jacket, E, which surrounds the shell. The detlectors are dishing upwardly, so that their highest points are at the center,

4o and the topA ofthe shell is also dishing and open at its center.

At the base of the shell is secured an upright pipe, F, surrounding 'which at the extreme lower end is a series of openings, b,

which communicate with the jacket E, the bottom of the latter being closed excepting at the place of connection of the discharge-pipe G.

H represents a guard which is secured to and projects from the exterior of the shell A,

near the upper end thereof, so as to partly 5o close the space of the jacket E, the top of the latter being covered by a perforated plate, c.

The operation is as follows: When the exhaust-steam enters the shell A from the pipe B it is directed through the center ot' the open 55 detlector C against the closed deector D, then around the circumference of the latter against the solid portion ofthe deector O', and thence to the center of said deector. It next strikes thecenterofthedetlector D', and finally reaches 6o the top A', whereby it has been well disintegrated or broken, the rem nant, inert or having little power, escaping through the central opening, d, or side openings, c b', to the atmosphere where the resultant water of condensation is so small as to be scarcely perceptible. The water of condensation within the shell drops on the ledges C O and rolls down the side of the shell and reaches the openings et, through which it passes into thejacket E, from 7o whence it is discharged through the pipe G, and may thereby be gathered and utilized. Should any steam condense on the under side ot' the lower deector, C, the water runs down the side of the shell A, and entering the bottom openings, b, passes into the jacket E, the guard F preventing the return of the water to the exhaust-pipe. Should there be violent ebullition or spurting of water'in thejacket E the same is checked upwardly by the guard H, 8o and the water is thus prevented splashing outside of the head.

The discharge-pipe G is ot' L form, the bot tom ot' the vertical portion having a closing cap, G', which, when removed, permits sedi- 85 ment, Src., to be discharged from the jacket and the discharge-pipe.

rEhe wall of the jacket E, being exposed to the cooling eil'ects of the atmosphere, assists in causing the condensation of the steam. po

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. ln a condenser, a series of alternating open and closed detlectors, a shell surrounding the same, an exterior jacket and a discharge-pipe at the bottom of the space between the' shell and jacket, the said shell being pro vided with outlets which communicate with said space, substantiallyT as set forth.

2. The condenser-shell A and exterior jacket, E, iu combination with the guard H, which only partially closes the space between the two, in order to allow the water of condensation to run down below said guard while preventing water from rising above it while in ebullition.

3. The alternating open and closed delectors, shell, jacket, and guard H, which partly closes the space between the guard and jacket, in combination with bottom guard, F, which prevents the water of condensation from running back down thc inlet-pipe, substantially as set forth.

JOHN S. MCDANIEL.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT. 

